A stretch of Gratiot Avenue near I-75 in Detroit shredded several tires within minutes Monday night. Motorists got stuck with repair bills climbing into the hundreds. Kyle Sammy struck one of the gaping holes and forked over $250 for a new tire after the gash proved too bad to patch.
“There is the cut and because it’s so close to the side wall, I will have to get a brand-new tire,” said Sammy, according to WXYZ. Two more cars hit that same crater minutes later and suffered matching blowouts.
The road contains several massive craters that vanish under snow and debris. Sammy has wrecked three tires on potholes in just over a year…